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Why Can’t We See Dark Matter?

IFL Science 20 Apr 2024
The speed at which objects orbit each other depends on their distance, but also on their mass ... These objects were referred to as Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs), the halos here being those belonging to galaxies.
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This star has waves strong enough to eviscerate Earth

The Jerusalem Post 12 Aug 2023
Extremely large waves are crashing upon a colossal star, which goes by the name MACHO 80.7443.1718 (MACHO standing for massive astrophysical compact halo object), according to a recent study.
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Waves 3 Times The Size Of The Sun Break On Enormous “Heartbreak” Star

IFL Science 11 Aug 2023
However, this star is called that because the first signs it was unusual were identified by the MACHO Project in the 1990s, an effort to find Massive Compact Halo Objects, once postulated as the explanation for dark matter. Advertisement ... .
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The Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions

Universe Today 19 Jun 2023
Some have suggested neutrinos could be part of the dark matter “problem”, in addition to such objects as primordial black holes or things called massive compact halo objects (MACHOs).
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What is dark matter? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Astronomy 27 Mar 2023
They include massive numbers of normal neutrinos; MACHOs (massive compact halo objects) such as brown dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; and WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) such as ...
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